The sheriff of Epitaph, Texas, Dan Shaye was a hard but just defender of the law -- a devoted husband and father who kept the truth about his violent past from the townfolk he protected. But then the hardcase Ethan Langer gang galloped into town looking to rob the local bank. And when they rode out again, Dan's beloved wife Mary was lying dead in the Texas dust.Now the time has come for Daniel Shaye to leave Epitaph, maybe for good, with his three motherless adult sons at his side. For the only justice that will serve is going to come from a rifle or a rope -- as the four Shayes band together to uphold a new law ... called revenge.

Leaving Epitaph: The Sons of Daniel Shaye

Literature & Fiction

Randisi, Robert J.

United States

HarperTorch

Having lost a wife to violence and a son to retribution, onetime Texas sheriff Daniel Shaye has brought what remains of his shattered family -- two grown boys fiercely devoted to their father and justice -- to Vengeance Creek, Arizona. In a lawless town, they become the law, grieving for their slain loved ones while looking to start a new life free of further bloodshed. But destiny has other plans for the Shayes.
Eight men ride into town with designs on the bank's money -- and when they ride out, a dozen innocent people are dead and Dan Shaye is down with a gunshot wound. Now it's up to his boys to settle one more score, riding hell for leather toward a final reckoning ... and a mystery.
And if Death comes again for the sons of Daniel Shaye, so be it, because any man who won't lay down his life for what is right is no man at all.

Vengeance Creek (The Sons of Daniel Shaye)

A Debt to the Dead
For Daniel Shaye and his boys, the law comes second, family first. So when a letter -- an urgent cry for help -- arrives from a woman who claims to be the mother of a child sired by Shaye's late son, Matthew, the former lawman and his clan saddle up and head out for Pearl River Junction.
The desperate young woman may not be telling the whole truth -- lying instead about her boy's parentage to get the Shaye guns behind her as protection from a cold killer and his bloodthirsty gang. There's a whirlwind of death and destruction blowing in, and now Dan and his sons are directly in its path. But Shaye taught his sons well to stand up for justice -- and that even a town full of strangers is worth fighting for . . . and dying for.

Pearl River Junction: The Sons of Daniel Shaye

Ty Butler came from Eastern wealth—but killers destroyed everyone who shared his name. Seeking a safe haven in the open West, he's found a home among the outlaws, tinhorns, and fugitives who gather at the gaming table. His skill at reading faces and cards has kept Butler in the money—and it's kept him sharp and ready . . . for the assassins who're hunting him down.
Working his way to Dodge City, Butler finds the town in an uproar. A new law's in charge here where Bat Masterson carved his legend—old, powerful, and dangerous grudges are about to explode—and Ty Butler's caught right in the middle. When the gunsmoke clears, he'll have friends and enemies in all the wrong places. And to make it out of Dodge alive, he'll need all the aces he can get his hands on.

Butler's Wager: The Gamblers

Harper

Professional gambler Ty Butler knows he should keep moving to stay ahead of the killers who wiped out his family and are now gunning for him. But when a serious card player finds a challenging game in an honest house, he wants to stay awhile.
For Butler, a certain gambling hall is paradise—though the emporium's notorious owner, Little Luke Short, can't seem to steer clear of Hell's Half Acre, a corrupt and festering boil in the middle of Fort Worth. Short's been waging an ongoing war with a crooked kingpin, and now he's making it Ty's fight as well. The stakes get higher when the criminal is murdered and the law comes gunning for Little Luke. But Ty Butler recognizes a bluff when he sees one—not to mention the unmistakable hand of a hired killer. He may end up taking a bullet, but he's not cashing out of this game until real justice is done.

Texas Bluff: The Gamblers (Gamblers, 3)

On the run from the assassins who murdered his family, Ty Butler found a new way to survive: with a few good hands, a loaded gun, and a little luck. But lying low and keeping out of his hunters' gunsights is getting harder to do since he started earning a serious rep at the poker table—and especially now that he's made some new friends . . . named Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and Doc Holliday.
In Denver, Butler finds Holliday in the clutches of corrupt lawmen. Doc's wanted for murder back in Tombstone, and he'd rather go out in a blazing gunfight than face an Arizona hanging judge. All Butler has to do is keep Doc breathing until Earp and Masterson arrive to spring him—and that won't be easy. The Gambler's been dealt into a dangerous game with too many killers anteing up. And this time Ty Butler just might be drawing dead.

Denver Draw: The Gamblers (Gamblers, 2)

Genre Fiction

No Exit from Brooklyn

When Brooklyn private investigator Nick Delvecchio is asked by beautiful Jody Hayworth to help her find a priceless piece of art, he must avoid tangling with the head of Brooklyn's mafia

st.martins press

Detective Nick Delvecchio tries to balance his loyalty to his brother, a priest suspected of murder, with his promise to help a family plagued by anger and domestic violence

The Dead of Brooklyn

St.Martin's Press

It's the same nightmare all over again; New York City is caught in the grip of a serial killer. Alone with the Dead is more than just the story of two serial killers; it is the struggle of one brave man battling the intransigence of the Job in order to release New Yorkers from the tyranny of fear.

Alone With the Dead (Joe Keough Mysteries)

St Martins Pr

Joe Keough, formerly a New York City police detective, has moved to St. Louis to get away from the mayhem of the Big Apple and start over. Transferred from the energized streets of his hometown of Brooklyn, Keough is expecting anything but the twisted trail of abductions and murders that await him. He barely has time to acclimate himself to his new home and job before two cases capture his attention, his imagination, and - in the case of a little boy - his heart. Five minutes into Detective Keough's new life, four-year-old Brady Sanders walks into his St. Louis police station, leaving behind a trail of bloody footprints. So begins a riveting tale of murder and mystery, from Brady's missing parents and their blood-soaked house, to the kidnapping of beautiful mothers and their small children.

In The Shadow of the Arch (Joe Keough Mysteries)

Minotaur Books

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